Saturday, August 15, 2015

The Hildebeast Strikes Back...

She's not going quietly into that good night and she's hoping a move to the hard left will save her candidacy...

(Guardian) Not so long ago, Hillary Clinton supporters’ main concern seemed to
be a fear that her coronation as the Democratic candidate for president would
leave her unprepared for battle with the Republican nominee.

Now, by all metrics, the former secretary of state retains a historically strong
lead in the race to secure her party’s nomination. She is well ahead of the
other declared candidates in terms of poll numbers, money and endorsements. But
a succession of setbacks and the possibility of another mainstream rival joining
the race has, to some degree, checked the presumptive-ness of the presumptive
candidate.

This was a week that started out on a high note, with the rollout of Clinton’s
college affordability plan, a policy prescription driven in large part by the
party’s progressives...